Bouquet holder



June 21, 1932. "G. J. RILEY BOUQUET HOLDER Filed March 14. 1931 a m m wPatented June 21, 1932 GEORGEQJ. RI EY; on nnxrnsrnnx, PENNSYLVANIABOUQUET HOLDER Application filed March 14, 1931. SerialNo. 522,558.

My invention relates to bouquet holders which are adapted for use in theholding or supporting of a bouquet and the attaching of the same to thecorsage portion of a 6 womans dress or'gown.

The general object of the invention is to provide a holder of simplifiedbut novel construction having means which enables the fastening of abouquet thereto.

m The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of partstherein as hereinafter described in detail, particularly pointed out inthe claims and as illustrated in the drawing wherein I have illustrateda mechanical embodiment of the holder in the form which at present ispreferred by me.

In order that the invention may be readily understood and its practicaladvantages fully appreciated reference should be had to the anaccompanying drawin forming a part of this specification and w ereinFig. 1 is a view in perspective of a holder embodying the invention andalso showing in dotted lines a portion of a ribbon or other suitablemeans by which the bouquet may be fastened to the holder;

Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section of the holder taken on the line2-2 of Fig. 1 and showing also the stem or handle of a bouquet insection and the fastening means for securing the bouquet to the holderin elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a view in transverse section of the holder and showing in dashlines the stem or handle portion of the bouquet in place thereon.

The construction embodying my invention is shown as consisting of wirebent into a form similar to that which is embodied in certain well knownpaper clips but it may consist of other material than wire provided thatit shall embody means the equivalent of that shown in the drawing toenable the fastening of a bouquet in place thereon.

5 The front or engaging end of the bottom In the drawing I have shown aclip congripping member 1 of the clip projects a distance beyond thefront end of the top gripping member 2, as indicated at 3, tofacilitatethe engagement of the cliplwith a portion of the corsage ofawomans dress or gown. Preferably also the projectingportion 3 istapered in some such manner as is shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. Theopposite or rear end of the clip comprises two base end bars f and 5,the former being located to outside of the latter. The side 6 of the topgripping member 2 is connected at one end to an end of the end bar 4 andextends forward in overlying relation to the side 7 of the grippingmember 1. The opposite sides of 05 the gripping members 1 and 2 arearranged in reverse relation; that is, the side 7 of the bottom grippingmember. 1 is located underneath the adjoining side 8 of the top grippingmember 2. The overlying relation of the opposite sides of the grippingmembers 1 and 2 as described operates to hold the said gripping membersin gripping relation to each other. In order to provide means forfastening or securing a bouquet to the holder I have bent inwardly orindented the central portion of the end bar 5, as shown at 10, and ofthe front bar 11, as shown at 12, thereby providing projections 13 and14 at the opposite ends of the said bars respectively. The inwardly bentor indented portion 10 of the bar 5 by reason of the presence of the bar4 provides an opening 15 of rectangular shape,as shown in Fig. 1,through which a ribbon or other fastening means 16 may be extended asshown. Such ribbon or other fastening means also is passed throughtheopening provided between the end portion 3 of the bottom gripping memberand the front end bar 11 of the top gripping member. The indented orinwardly bent portions 10 and 12 of the front and rear bars 5 and 11provide seats within which the ribbon or other fastening means islocated. The projections'13 and liprevent lateral displacement of theribbon. In other words, the said projections retain the ribbon or otherfastening means in place upon the holder. In theme of the device thestem or handle 17 of the bouquet is placed in position upon andextending crosswise of the top gripping member 2 of the clip after whichthe ribbon or other fastening means 16 is drawn about the said stem orhandle and about the indented portions 10 and 12 of the bars 5 and 11and tied against the stem 17, as indicated at 18, with suflicienttightness to hold the bouquet in place upon the holder. This having beendone the holder is then clipped to the. garment,- such as a corsage, byinserting a portion thereof into position between the gripping members 1and 2 in the same manner as sheets of paper are fastened betweenthe-grippingmembers of one type of well known paper clips.

It is not essential that the bouquet be fastened to the clip before thelatter is fastened to the garment but if desired the clip may befastened to the garment, the bouquet placed in position thereon and thenfastened thereto by tying the ribbon or other fastening means 16.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetter Patent is: I

1. A bouquet holder comprising a clip having co-operating grippingmembers and provided with projections at the opposite edges thereof inadjoining relation to its opposite ends for retaining a fastening meansin place thereon.

2. A bouquet holder comprising gripping elements held in yieldinggripping relation to each other and having cross bars at the oppositeends thereof the central portions of which are indented to provide seatsfor receiving fastening means for securing a bouquet upon the holder.

3. A bouquet holder consisting of a spring clip having gripping elementsarranged in gripping relation to each other, and bars at the oppositeends of said clip having their central portions bent inwardly towardeach other, the opposite ends of said bars terminating in outwardlyextending projections to form shoulders which are adapted to re.- tainupon the holder a fastening means employed to secure a bouquet thereon.

4:. A bouquet holder consisting of a spring clip formed of wire, thesaid wire being bent to form bottom and top gripping elements arrangedin gripping relation to each other, and front and rear end bars whichare arranged in angular relation to each other, one

" bar being located rearwardly of and in adjoining relation to theother, one end of the said rear bar being located on one side of a sidebar of the bottom gripping element and the other end thereof beinglocated on one side of a side of the top gripping element, the centralportion of the rear end bar beingindented and the central portion of thefront end bar of the top gripping member also being indented, theindentations of the said bars forming seats for the reception of afasten-' name this 12th-day of March, A. D. 1931.

GEORGE J. RILEY.

